CHANTS OF ‘SAI BABA’ MAR ATIKU’S PRESIDENTIAL FORMS SUBMISSION AT PDP HEADQUARTERS
CHANTS
OF ‘SAI BABA’ MAR ATIKU’S PRESIDENTIAL FORMS SUBMISSION AT PDP HEADQUARTERS
The
chants led to riots, as Atkiu’s supporters picked offence, leading to a clash
that the Police resolved by firing gunshots into the air.
Vice President Atiku Abubakar
was the one submitting expression-of-interest and nomination forms at the
national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but it was
supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari who were chanting ‘Sai Baba’ at the
occasion.
The chants led to riots, as
Atkiu’s supporters picked offence, leading to a clash that the Police resolved
by firing gunshots into the air.
“It is true that there was
crowd trouble but it worsened when some unknown men emerged from nowhere,
brandishing machetes and shouting Sai Baba,” a prominent PDP member who
witnessed the occurrence told SaharaReporters.
“It was totally expected; it
caused a riot. The only way the Police could have quelled it was to fire
gunshots into the air.”
Atiku subsequently went on
Twitter to express his happiness with the conclusion of formalities of his
interest in the presidential race, writing: "I have just submitted my
nomination form to the @OfficialPDPNig to officially declare my intention to
seek the nomination of the party to run for the office of the President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria in the 2019 elections."
Should Atiku clinch the PDP
ticket, he will go against APC’s Buhari at the February 2019 presidential
election.
